Just arrived home from 13 fantastic nights away. Incredibly fluctuating weather from 33oC to thunderstorms and wind. But what did not fluctuate was the constant great foraging finds.
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| Gooseberries found and stewing |
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| The foragers with the spoils - this time gooseberry |
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| Gooseberry Jam made. |
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| Hot scones to eat the gooseberry jam on. |
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| Lots of plum trees laden |
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| Walnut trees ready to be collected in Autumn |
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| Hazelnut trees budding |
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| Hazelnuts in my handbag |
I made this up when camping. Don't know if anyone else has a recipe the same but had to do it on the fly.
Gooseberry Jam recipe
We had 2 kg of gooseberries which I put 1 cup of water with and simmered until soft.
Then I measured out 3 cups of the gooseberries into another pot. To that I added 3 cups of sugar and then simmered for 10 minutes and put in jars that had been sterilising in boiling water.
That made a jar of jam for every family camping.
The leftover gooseberries I put 1/2 that amount of sugar with and we had a gooseberry sauce. We had that with scones and cream and the next day made gooseberry fool. Yummy yum yum.
